DVD
The quiet man
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
60th anniversary special ed.
Performers
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Charles Fitzsimons.
Publication Information
[Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; [Saint Charles, IL] : Olive Films, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Series
Summary
Sean Thornton in an American boxer who swears off fighting after he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. Returning to the Irish town of his youth, he purchases the home of his birth and finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate. But her insistence that Sean conduct his courtship in a proper Irish manner with matchmaker Barry Fitzgerald along for the ride as "chaperone" is but one obstacle to their future happiness: the other is her brother, who spitefully refuses to give his consent to their marriage, or to honor the tradition of paying a dowry to the husband. Sean could care less about dowries, he would've punched out the bullying McLaglen long ago if he hadn't sworn off fighting. But when Mary Kate accuses him of being a coward and walks out on him, Sean is finally ready to take matters into his own hands, the resulting fistfight erupts into the longest brawl ever filmed, followed by one of the most memorable reconciliations in movie history!
Notes
From the story by Maurice Walsh.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Bonus material: The making of The quiet man / written and hosted by Leonard Maltin (1992, 28 min.).